Combines 9600 wear points

Basically same things as you would look over a titan or turbo 20 series deere if you have formerly owned one of them. Possibly even the earlier 00 series but I'm not certain on them. Augers, floors, chains, belts, tin. I know this is a quickie post, kids are waiting on me to get the square baler out so we can get going but for the most part, walk all over it and use some common sense and you'll be fine. If noone replies by tonite, I'll try to give you a more fine tuned reply.

Common points as all other machines. 9000 deere particulars would be: rear axle pivot for cracks, look close. See if the walkers may have been beefed up near the cranks, straw walker gearcase loose on shaft and is the retaining bolt there. Transition on feeder hse floor. reveresr box, cooling fan drive alignment, brace under fuel tank, intercooler cleanliness, clean electrical panel in hopper access door, grease banks that actually send grease where it belongs, shoe grain auger shaft across front for wear on drive side-hubs go bad.

Reverser gearbox was the main thing we ever had go wrong. Went through at least one a year between the 2 combines we had. Walkers like to break if its been ran in a light crop for very long. Usually ours broke above the rear crank. We did have some problems with the choppers but that was just basic wear. Rice straw just eats them up. Check the throat chain. It likes to jump time and is just a general piece of junk. I'm sure there's aftermarket ones that are better. Also look at the belly auger front bearings and gears and the rear wooden bearing blocks. Changing them to bearings was just a good waste of a day. Stick with the wood.

I'd heard more than one guy tell about that brace under the fuel tank. I happened upon mine by pure incidental luck before it completely broke. It was just cracked. Took it off, welded it up. No problems since. Went to a 9000 series school last year and the mechs never even mentioned it. I found that quite odd. Good Post.

I see you're in Canada, what crops are you going to cutIJ I'm guessing most combines your way are grain combines and not corn_bean machinesIJ

It depends a lot on the hours, what kind of crop it has harvested and if the previous owner knew how to grease it. Corn wears twice as much as wheat and soybeans wear twice as much as corn. Besides what the other guys already wrote: Most people don't grease the rear wheel spindles and bearings enough. Eventually the wheels fall off. The reel pump bearings often die from lack of grease. Pull the plastic plug underneath the square fuel filter (pliers needed). If it's oily inside the engine needs a rear main seal and the gear case a new input seal. Has the grain tank liners underneath the cross augersIJ When it's time for the second set of liners it is also time to replace the unloader sump and the unloader elbow.